Skirt hanger



Oct. 20, 1953 J os o 2,656,078

SKIRT HANGER Filed Oct. 29, 1951 IN V EN TOR. John Ambrosi/zo BY 1 f fi/s ATTO IE) Patented Oct. 20, 1953 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE SKIRT HANGER.

John Ambroslno, Flushing, N, Y.

Application October 29, 1951, Serial No. 253,573

2 Claims.

This invention relates to skirt hangers.

The present invention provides means enabling skirt supporting members on a spring acting scissor type of jacket supporting members to be moved to and fro to adapt them to the size of the skirt to be supported, without changin the position of the jacket supporting members, and the invention provides special means for adjusting the skirt supporting members on the jacket supporting members, so that the skirt supporting members are vertical when used to press against the skirtband. As the vertical members vary in their position along the jacket supporting members, the spring pressure of the vertical members is always the same, whatever the size of the waistband may be.

The invention will be further described, em bodiments thereof shown in the drawings, and the invention will be finally pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings,

Fig. 1 is a side view of the improved skirt hanger, with the skirt hanger members in one position;

Fig. 2 is a similar side view with the members in another position, the position of the jacket members remaining the same;

Fig. 3 is a side view of a fragmentary portion of the skirt hanger, enlarged to clarify the parts shown in Figs. 1 and 2; and

Fig. 4 is a vertical section of Fig. 3 taken on line 4-4 of Fig. 3.

Similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts throughout.

Referring to the drawings, the skirt hanger I0 is made of two scissor cooperating members II and I2, pivoted at I3a and held in open position by like helical springs I3 and I4. One member I I terminates in a supporting hook I5, and the other member I2 terminates in a handle end I5, whereby such end I6 may be pressed towards the hook IE, to move the lower ends I! and I8 of the members II and I2 towards each other. Release of pressure on the end I6 and hook I5, causes the ends I! and I8 to return to their initial position as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. At each end I! and I8 is supported a skirt supporting member 20 as shown. v

The improvement consists in providing each end I I and I8 with a cut out 2| longitudinally oi the members II and I2; this cut out being transverse to the members II and I2. It is over the members II and I2 that a jacket is supported. Below the cut out 2I, is a slot 22 in the lower side of the ends of II and I2. Within the 2 cut out 2|, a bar 23 is placed resting on th parts '24 and 25 of the jacket holding member. both in the ends of II and I2. Preferably as in the embodiment, this bar 23 has a dependingportion 26. An interior screwt'hread 21 extends through these parts, to form a screw threaded bore 28,.

Into this bore 28, there is fitted an exterior screw threaded spindle 29 with a flattened handle 3!]. The turning of the handle 30 clockwise with the tip 29a of the spindle against the lower side of the ends I1 and I8, presses the bar 23 downwardly against the parts 24 and 25 of the jacket holding member, and thus there is a blocking action for holding the skirt hanging members in the desired position.

Thereby, the skirt hanging members 20 may be shifted into proper position, depending on the actual size of the skirt, without changing the position of the jacket supporting members I I and I2. It will be noted that the angular position of the members I I and I2 are identical in Figs. 1 and 2, though. Fig. 1 shows the position of the skirt hangers 20 for the larger sized waistbands and Fig. 2 shows the position of the smaller sized waistbands.

Each skirt hanging member has a straight vertical portion for the reception of a skirt at its waistband portion, each of said lowermost ends of each of said vertical portions having an outwardly extending part 20a, the outer surface of which engages the inner part of the skirt just below the waistband. The waistband along its entire height pressing against the vertical portion at their lowermost ends. The outwardly inclined parts 20a form a barrier against the vertical portion, whereby said waistband portion is suspended with the waistband in its normal position. The height of the vertical portion slightly exceeds any commercial waistband height, so that the vertical member accommodates itself to any width of waistband.

As seen, the invention relates to scissor type skirt hangers. The skirt hanger is improved to hold skirts of various sizes and also hold jacket in proper hanging position.

1. Due to design of this hanger the jacket supporting members are not changed regardless of skirt waistband size.

2. Another important feature of this hanger is, that regardless of size of skirt, pressure against the waistband by its supporting members will always be the same.

3. This improved design makes it possible to use straight vertical skirt supporting members at the waistband, which will always stay vertically straight regardless of skirt size.

The lowermost part of the vertical supporting members are slightly bent outwards below the waistband in order to hold hip section of the skirt for better hanging form. The length of vertical supporting members will be longer than the standard width of skirt waistbands, for the purpose of holding straight and even, Waistbands of various widths. This feature is particularly good for store window display.

Added adjustment makes possible, (1) shoulder lines of the jacket at proper position regardless of size of skirt. (2) Makes use of straight vertical waistband supporting members possible. (3) Tension needed 'for supporting skirt will always be same regardless of skirt size. The arms H and [2 may have figures thereon to indicate the size of the waistbands, as shown.

I wish it to be understood that I do not desire to be limited to the exact details of con-- struction shown and described, for obvious modifications will occur to a person skilled in the art. v I

I claim:

1. In a skirt hanger of the type in which two opposed skirt hanging members are provided, the

combination of a pair of jacket supporting members of spring controlled scissor type with one of them having a supporting hook, the jacket supporting members being pivoted to each other at their upper ends, and a spring spreading the lower ends of said last named members away from each other, skirt hanging members having a vertical portion of substantially the same depth as the largest standard waistband, means movably engaging the outward ends of the jacket supporting members and supporting said skirt hanging members, and means fastening said last named means in fixed position to said jacket supporting members, said vertical skirt supporting members being under the same spring pressure as the ends of said jacket supporting members.

2. The structure .of claim 1, in which the vertical portions have an outwardly extending member to engage the skirt below the waistband.

, 4 JOHN AMBRQSINO,

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date.-

2,350,859 Reckow June 6, 1944 2,570,043 Ambrosino et al. Oct. 2,- 1951 

